Mounting for awning-poles.



PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

M. F. WIEDEMANN.

MOUNTING FOR AWNING POLES.

APPLIOATION FILED APB. 9,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 fim/mm Allarney PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

M. F. WIEDEMANN.

MOUNTING FOR AWNING POLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

2 lqVVE/VTOR Atlornqy .Ll'o. 782,300.

iJNiTEn STATES Patented. February 14, 1905.

MARTIN F. \VIEI HQMANN, OF BURLINGTON, lOlYA.

MOUNTING FOR AWNlNG-POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,300, dated February14, 1905.

Application filed April 9,1904. Serial N0. 202,407.

To It 'll'im'nt if 'nu/y concern:

Be it known that I, l\L\RTI. I FlVirmnnLwx, a resident of Burlington, inthe county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Mountings for Awning Poles or Rollers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it a ppertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved mounting for awning poles orrollers, the object of the invention being to provide an improvedjournal-bearing and support therefor and improved construction ofcooperating parts for operating the pole or roller and improved mountingfor said cooperating parts; and it consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be morefully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation,illustrating my improvements. Fig. .2 is a view in longitudinal section.Fig. 3 is an end view with gearing removed. Fig. i is a view of thepole-receiving cup and journal thereon. Fig. 5 is a view of the beveledpinion, and Figs. 6, T, 8, and 9 are detail views of the brackets andbearingblocks.

1 represents a metal cup adapted to receive the end of an awning-rollerand having internal ribs 2 to enter grooves in the roller and compelthem to turn together, and openings are provided in said cup for thereception of screws to secure the cup onto the end of the roller.

Uu p 1 at the center of its end is made with an integral journal 3,projected through'an opening a in a bearing-block This block 5 is madewith a circular recess alining with a circular opening in another block6 beside the same to form a journal-box to receive ballsT, locatedaround journal 3 between the same and flat wall of the journal-box andprevented from escape therefrom by the end wall of the recess in block 5in which opening a is provided. The balls are held against escape fromthe other side of the box by the hub S of a beveled gear 9, said hubtitting in the box and made with an angular bore to receive the angularextension 10 on journal 3. A threaded bolt or red 11 is secured in theend of extension 10, projects outward beyond gear 9, and has a washer l2and nut 13 thereon to iirmly secure the gear on the journal extension.

The blocks 5 and 6 are supported in upper and lower brackets 14: and 15,respectively, upper bracket 1st comprising a channel-iron bent at rightangles to provide a member against the wall or other support (abolt-opening 16 being provided in this portion of the bracket) and anoutwardly-projccting portion to receive the beveled edges of the blocks5 and 6 in their depending side flanges and when forced therein totightly clamp the blocks together. The lower bracket 15 comprises aplate having parallel ribs on its upper face to receive and bind theblocks 5 and 6 between them, and a depending tongue 16 is provided atthe inner end of the plate and provided with a recess or slot 17 toreceive a bolt to secure it to a wall or other support. Brackets 1% andi5 are provided with alined openings for clamping-bolts 18 at oppositeends of the blocks, so that when the nuts 19 on said bolts are screwedhome said blocks will be tightly clamped between the brackets and theblocks clamped together owing to the cam action oi the bracket webs orflanges against the beveled edges of the blocks.

The plate or bracket 15 is recessed at opposite sides, and a clip 20 isadapted to be socured to said plate at either side by bolts 21 passedthrough openings in the plate and clip, and the recesses thereincooperate to form a bearing for the vertical rod or shat't carrying abeveled pinion t'or driving-gear 9 to turn the awning-roller. The clip20 can be shifted from side to side of bracket 15, according to theposition of the several parts.

The blocks 5 and (:3 are made with recesses 22, which when together forman opening through which the balls may be inserted. These recesses 22when the blocks are in normal position are out of alinement, and theblocks must be removed from between the brackets 1i and 15 and one givena quarterturn on the journal to bring the openings together.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from myinvention, and hence I would have it understood that I do not wish torestrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself atliberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fallWithin the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a bearing composed of two members with abuttingflat faces and having openings for the passage of a journal, of flangedbrackets, and bolts clamping said brackets on the bearing and themembers thereof together.

2. The combination with a bearing, comprising two blocks beveled ontheir outer faces, of flanged brackets having their side flangesengaging the beveled sides of the blocks, bolts passed through thebrackets at opposite ends of the bearing, and nuts screwed onto thebolts to clamp the bearing between the brackets, and also clamp themembers of the bearing together.

3. The combination with brackets spaced apart, of blocks secured betweensaid brackets, a journal mounted in a bearing in said blocks, one ofsaid blocks having an annular recess in its inner face, an elementhaving an angular bore to receive an angular portion of the journal, thehub of said element entering one of said blocks and terminating near theannular recess in the other block.

4. The combination with brackets spaced apart, blocks secured betweensaid brackets, a journal mounted in a bearing in said blocks, of a plateon. the lower bracket having recesses at its sides, a clip, and bolts tosecure said clip at either of said recessed sides of the plate to form abearing for a drive-shaft.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with bracketsspaced apart, of a bearing comprising two blocks disposed face to faceand held together by said brackets, said blocks having openings, ajournal passing through said openings, one of said blocks having anannular recess in its inner face, and an element secured to the journaland having a hub entering one of the blocks.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN F. WIEDEMANN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. (J. CLARK, MARY FAWCETT.

